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21,369 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Managua (Nicaragua), rights and justice in Pyongyang and violence in Boungou drew the news. Burkina Faso's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNicaragua 86 in 100 of its 57 stories, usually 32
RegionCentral Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

49 of its 57 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 5 of Managua's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

46 of its 81 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Pyongyang accounted for 27 of North Korea's 46 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

117 of its 136 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Boungou accounted for 71 of Burkina Faso's 117 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Boungou stories →
Health

Congo

61 of its 76 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. HIV was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

88 of its 137 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Phnom Penh accounted for 50 of Cambodia's 88 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. 29 of Phnom Penh's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (52 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Mexico

392 of its 816 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 50 of Sinaloa's 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (298 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Rwanda

47 of its 82 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kigali accounted for 32 of Rwanda's 47 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

33 of its 64 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 13 of la Paz's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 96 of Iraq's 165 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. 83 of Baghdad's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

DR Congo

24 of its 27 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Kashmir (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Tonga (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hiv in DR Congo (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Vietnam (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in UK (153 of its stories, about three times its usual).

16 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Nov. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 21,369 stories about harm among 133,124 counted on 7 Nov.

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Mentions of snowstorms ran more than ten times their usual in Kashmir's news. of the day's 133,124 news stories, 16 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. Nicaragua stood out: 86% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. On 7 November 2018, a year earlier, the share was 15 in every 100, against 16 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso86 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua86 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice Congo80 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 58 · mostly health Cambodia64 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 30 · mostly rights & justice Iraq61 in 100 of its 269 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 538 Baghdad Iraq83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96 Sinaloa Mexico50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100 London UK48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 361 Delhi India46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 144

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTonga: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 19 outletsHyderabad, India -- health: 14 stories, carried by 17 outletsLong Island, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsColumbus, US -- health: 27 stories, carried by 36 outletsKampala, Uganda -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 27 outletsPattani, Thailand -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsAyodhya, India -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- rights & justice: 42 stories, carried by 27 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Hyderabad India about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Long Island US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Columbus US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories ● Kampala Uganda about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 6,199 stories · about as usual Health26% 5,419 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,170 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,937 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,231 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 845 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 481 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 438 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed5,361 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,582 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,371 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees291 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting abductions217 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced169 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations160 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill23 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Singapore

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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